The Château La Fontaine de Genin of Bordeaux

Château La Fontaine de Genin
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 5568 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Bordeaux

The Château La Fontaine de Genin is one of the best wineries to follow in Bordeaux.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Bordeaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Fontaine de Genin wines

Looking for the best Château La Fontaine de Genin wines in Bordeaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Fontaine de Genin wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château La Fontaine de Genin wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château La Fontaine de Genin

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Fontaine de Genin

How Château La Fontaine de Genin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, veal with chestnut and pietra (corsican beer) or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château La Fontaine de Genin

On the nose the red wine of Château La Fontaine de Genin. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, microbio or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, cigar box or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Château La Fontaine de Genin. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Fontaine de Genin

  • 2007With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château La Fontaine de Genin.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

The legendary reds are complemented by high-quality white wines made from Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. These range from dry whites that challenge the best of Burgundy (Pessac-Léognan is particularly renowned) to the Sweet, botrytised nectars of Sauternes. Although Bordeaux is most famous for its wines produced in specific districts or communes, many of its wines fall under other, broader appellations. These include AOC Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur and Crémant de Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux Red appellation represents more than a third of the total production. The official Bordeaux wine region extends 130 kilometres inland from the Atlantic coast. 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered in 2018, a figure that has remained largely constant over the previous decade. However, the number of winegrowers has consolidated; in 2018 there were around 6,000, compared to 9,000 a decade earlier.

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Discover the grape variety: Artaban

Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified) resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2000, between Mtp 3082-1-42 (one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.) and Regent. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

News about Château La Fontaine de Genin and wines from the region

Anthony Barton: tributes paid to Bordeaux wine great

The Barton family announced yesterday (19 January), ‘We have the immense sadness to inform you that our beloved Anthony Barton passed away at the age of 91 years old.’ Known as the ‘gentleman’ of Bordeaux wine and admired for his sense of humour and charisma, Anthony Barton was also widely respected for modernising family estates Léoville Barton and Langoa Barton – the respective 1855 second and third growth châteaux in the St-Julien appellation. Barton was credited, too, with maintaining ...

LVMH buys Napa Valley’s Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Philippe Schaus, chairman and chief executive of the Moët Hennessy division of LVMH, called Joseph Phelps Vineyards ‘an iconic name and an iconic winery’. Joseph Phelps founded his eponymous winery on a 260ha former cattle ranch in Napa Valley in 1973. He turned it into one of California’s most prominent producers, famed for its flagship Insignia – a Bordeaux-style blend – and its pioneering use of Rhône varieties, which kick-started the ‘Rhône Rangers’ movement in the Golden State. The founder’ ...

DRC, rare 1874 Champagne lift Christie’s to record auction total

Christie’s said the bottle of Perrier-Jouët ‘Brut Millesimé’ from the ‘outstanding’ 1874 Champagne vintage sold for £42,875 ($56,981, €50,292), far outstripping its pre-sale high estimate of £15,000. The winning bidder will also get a VIP experience at Perrier-Jouët. It was part of a collection of rare vintages sourced directly from Maison Perrier-Jouët and 100% sold by Christie’s at a wider wine and spirits auction held in London on 2 and 3 December. While the 1874 bottle’s ap ...

The word of the wine: Wiring

Action of periodically filling barrels containing wine, in order to offset evaporation and maintain a maximum level. The topping up allows to avoid the phenomenon of oxidation.